Parties on the Left, Parties on the Right
British Journal of Political Science

Codebook (Updated June 24, 2020)

Variable		Description

Year			Year
Country			Country (String)
CountryAbbr		Country Abbreviation
CountryCode		Numerical Code for Country
ElectionCode		Numerical Code for Individual Election Cycle, corresponding with D�ring and Manow (2015) 
			and Nordsieck (2016) (parties-and-elections.eu)
PassSubset		Subset of years in which reform was passed (obsolete)
PassSubset2		Alternative subset of years in which reform was passed (obsolete)
RPVS			Right Party Vote Percentage
RSPercent		Right Party Seat Percentage
ENRP			Effective Number of Right Parties
LPVS			Left Party Vote Percentage
LSPercent		Left Party Seat Percentage
ENLP			Effective Number of Left Parties
RRPVS			Radical Right Party Vote Share
RRPVSAveChange		Averaged (two election cycle) change in vote share of Radical Right Parties
RRSPercent		Radical Right Party Seat Percentage
RLPVS			Radical/Far Left Party Vote Percentage
RLPVSAveChange		Averaged (two election cycle) change in vote share of Radical Right Parties
RLSPercent		Radical Left Party Seat Percentage
LIBPVS			Liberal Party Vote Percentage
LIBSPercent		Liberal Party Seat Percentage
CoalitionParties	List (string) of Parties in Governing Coalition, from D�ring and Manow (2015) 
			and Nordsieck (2016) (parties-and-elections.eu)
Government		Governing Coalition Name (string), from D�ring and Manow (2015) 
			and Nordsieck (2016) (parties-and-elections.eu)
GovCode			Numerical Code for Government variable
PMParty			Party name of Prime Minister in office 
CoalitionType		Ideological Orientation of Governing Coalition, based on parties in coalition
LRScore3		CoalitionType recoded as three-level variable 
LRScore5		CoalitionType recoded as five-level variable 
RPM			Dummy indicating Prime Minister from Right-of-Center Party
LPM			Dummy indicating Prime Minister from Left-of-Center Party
CPM			Dummy indicating Prime Minister from Centrist Party
GreenGov		Dummy indicating Green Party as Member of Governing Coalition 
RRGov			Dummy indicating Radical Right Party as Member of Governing Coalition 
RLGov			Dummy indicating Radical Left Party as Member of Governing Coalition 
Salience		Salience Score, operationalized from Alonso and Fonseca (2011) and Abou-Chadi (2016), 
			derived from the CMP/MARPOR data
CabinetLRScore		Weighted Average of Government Ideological Orientation using the left_right variable from 				the ParlGov database (D�ring and Manow 2015) 
LPR			Electoral Loss Probability, from Kayser and Lindst�dt (2015) 
LPRsq			Squared Electoral Loss Probability, from Kayser and Lindst�dt (2015) 
ForBornPercent		Percent of Foreign Born in Population in Country
MigRate			Migration Rate
ForeignPop		Foreign Born Population Total
ICCIStrategyCode	Numerical Value for Citizenship/Integration Strategy, calculated from Graeber (2020)
WBUrban			Percentage of Population Living in Urban Area (World Bank)
WBGDPpc2005		GDP Per Capita (2005) (World Bank)
WBGDPGrowth		GDP Percentage Growth (World Bank)
WBNatUnemp		National Unemployment Rate (World Bank)
LingPassNorm13 		Linguistic Citizenship Requirement Value, Normalized (Version 13)
EconPassNorm13  	Economic Citizenship Requirement Value, Normalized (Version 13)
CivicPassNorm13  	Civic Citizenship Requirement Value, Normalized (Version 13)
DualPassNorm13  	Dual Citizenship Requirement Value, Normalized (Version 13)
YearsPassNorm13		Length of Residence Citizenship Requirement Value, Normalized (Version 13)
JusPassNorm13  		Jus Sanguinis/soli Citizenship Requirement Value, Normalized (Version 13)
LegalPassNorm13  	Legal Citizenship Requirement Value, Normalized (Version 13)
FamPassNorm13  		Familial Citizenship Requirement Value, Normalized (Version 13)
EthnicPassNorm13  	Ethnic Citizenship Requirement Value, Normalized (Version 13)
TotalPassNorm13  	Total Citizenship Requirement Value, Normalized (Version 13)
LatentPassNorm13  	Citizenship Requirement Value, Ascriptive/Latent Dimension, Normalized (Version 13)
ManifestPassNorm13  	Citizenship Requirement Value, Performative/Manifest Dimension, Normalized (Version 13)LatMinEthPassNorm13  	Citizenship Requirement Value, Ascriptive/Latent Dimension w/o Ethnic component, 					Normalized (Version 13)
TotMinEthPassNorm13  	Total Citizenship Requirement Value, Ascriptive/Latent Dimension w/o Ethnic component, 					Normalized (Version 13)
LingPass13  		Linguistic Citizenship Requirement Value, (Version 13)
EconPass13  		Economic Citizenship Requirement Value, (Version 13)
CivicPass13  		Civic Citizenship Requirement Value, (Version 13)
DualPass13  		Dual Citizenship Requirement Value, (Version 13)
YearsPass13  		Length of Residence Citizenship Requirement Value, (Version 13)
JusPass13  		Jus Sanguinis/soli Citizenship Requirement Value, (Version 13)
LegalPass13  		Legal Citizenship Requirement Value, (Version 13)
FamPass13  		Familial Citizenship Requirement Value, (Version 13)
EthnicPass13  		Ethnic Citizenship Requirement Value, (Version 13)
TotalPass13  		Total Citizenship Requirement Value, (Version 13)
LatentPass13  		Citizenship Requirement Value, Ascriptive/Latent Dimension, (Version 13)
ManifestPass13  	Citizenship Requirement Value, Performative/Manifest Dimension, (Version 13)
LatMinEthPass13  	Citizenship Requirement Value, Ascriptive/Latent Dimension w/o Ethnic component (Version 13)
OrtegaPeri_Entry 	Immigration Entry Policy Score, Peri (2013) 
OrtegaPeri_Stay 	Immigration Residency Policy Score, Peri (2013) 
OrtegaPeri_asylum	Immigration Asylum Policy Score, Peri (2013) 